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The DrThe DrG Book:G Book:
An Intro to DrupalAn Intro to Drupal(DrG: Drupal Users Group - users, not
developers)
This is an introduction to Drupal for site maintainersand beginning users; for people without any coder/programmer/ developer background.
Originally developed by Greg Beuthin, withsubsequent edits from: [?]
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Version History / CC LicenseVersion History
2007.02.11 - Original draft by
Greg Beuthin
Creative Commons License
The text and images are licensed
under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike 2.5License
Attribution: Any derivative work
must contain Originally developed
by Greg Beuthin
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Menu path conventions The location/ path of many configuration settings are
described in
Nested menus are shown with a vertical line
The following items - after a colon (:) show whats on a
page of the selected menu A specific tabbed item is shown with [square brackets]
Items within a closed page view use a : @
Items within a normal page view use a :
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Menu example Simple menu path:
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Menu example: expandable Menu path w/
expandable item:
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Menu example: tab Menu path with tab
item:
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Register Register yourself on
the Drupal site
Check email for logininfo
Login
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Your profileFirst things first
Look for Edit tab
Change your password
to something youll
remember
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SafeguardingWe recommend you add a new admin user that is
not the the root admin user (I.e. not user #1)
Add new user
Give new user pwd youll remember
Log out and log in as this new user
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Quick look around Navigation menu
Main column - the content area
Sidebars
Top: Site name, slogan, and mission
Bottom: Footer
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Quick look around II
Navigation Menu
Primary Links - by theme
Primary linksIn sidebar
Main content windowFooter
Site Name
Mission
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Basic site settings Site name, slogan and mission
Site email (for admin purposes)
Site logo
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More site settingsGeneral settings
Test and set clean
URLS
Custom homepage (ifyou want custom
splash page)
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Looking at Themes Themes list -
Configure global settingsvs theme-specific
Display options - enableor disable themes forindividual users to select
Display post information -displays author,timestamp, etc
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Briefly: Users, Roles and
PermissionsAccess control
Permissions are set here
Roles
Permissions are grouped byroles
User profiles
- and selectEdit for user
Admins can assign a user one ormore roles
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Recommended modules
Path
Upload
Statistics
TinyMCE* (others?)
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Process for installing modules Download / copy modules from
http://drupal.org/project/Modules to your
Drupal /modules directory
Turn on modules
Give permissions to appropriate roles
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Creating contentSelect content type
Page
Story
Book page
Blog Other common types: event; podcast;
image;
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Typical content options Comment settings
URL Path settings
File attachments
Authoring information
Publishing options
Title
Body (with
WYSIWYG* editor)
Input formats / filters
Log message
Menu settings
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Content: WYSIWYG Editor Typically, TinyMCE
Disable rich text to turn
off Can insert images and
links
Site wide editor settings
- select a user
role to edit
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Content: Input formatsFilters out unwanted
HTML
Typical options: Filtered HTML
PHP Code
Full HTML
Settings
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Content: Comment and Menu
SettingsMenu Settings
Can only add this page as
a new menu item into anexisting menu; cant
create a new menu
Comment Settings
Use node-specific
comment settings tooverride site-wide
Read only useful to
keep old comments
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Content: URL Path Settings Used to create natural language URL paths
www.mysite.org/about
vs
www.mysite.org/node/165
Full settings:
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Content: File Attachments Files must be attached while still on page.
Page will refresh, showing:
Delete
List
Path URL
Uncheck list if inserting image File upload limits are set here:
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Content: Authoring Information Authors name
Date / timestamp
Editable if you are a admin
Authoring / timestamp display on/off here:
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Content: Publishing options Published - Visible (according to access control
rules)
In moderation queue - Awaiting moderation (ifmoderation is activated)
Promoted to front page - Added to river of news
blog list
Sticky at top of lists
Create new revision
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More on content Full content list is available here:
Can filter content by status, type, category
Can apply limited actions to groups of posts
(e.g. delete, etc)
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Customizing block (sidebars) Blocks -
Visual display of page areas
Enabled turns block on or off
Weight and placement determines location
More options in configure
Creating custom blocks
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Customizing menus Menus -
Default: Navigation, andPrimary links
Ordering menus / items -Edit and select orderwithin hierarchical list
Displaying menus Every menu gets own block(see customizing blocks)
Expanded / collapsed
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Customizing menus II Menu configuration
Add new menu
(container) Add new menu items
(single links)
Any new menu adds
subsequent block
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File upload settings Turn on "upload" module
Give roles access control
Configure settings
Max. file upload size - for gen users, and admins
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Suggested additions to guide How to enable/ disable public registration
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